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Bears, whales and wolverines: the species imperiled by Trump's war on the environment

Despite a grim outlook for American biodiversity, Trump has lifted protections for at-risk animals as part of his aggressive rollback of environmental rules.

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Northern California under ‘critical’ fire risk into next week

Strong, dry wind events will keep fire danger high this week into the next.
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Democrats push expansion of offshore wind, block offshore drilling with ocean energy bill

A new bill from House Democrats turns to the oceans as a way to fight climate change, proposing to expand offshore wind while barring drilling along America’s coasts.
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Poll: Two-thirds of voters support Biden climate plan

New polling indicates Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s climate plan is doing well with voters even as they are split on their support for fracking.
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Where they stand: The parties on BC’s ailing forest industry

Wildfires, pine beetles and markets have left the once dominant industry in steep decline. Now’s the time to reinvent it, some say.
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Ecuador Indigenous accuse state of crimes against humanity

Ecuador's Indigenous movement has declared this month "Rebel October" to commemorate the violent 11-day anti-austerity protests last year that saw 11 people killed, 63 severely injured, and more than 1,300 protesters arrested.

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Video: Nature on the move

Without migration, entire ecosystems would be at risk of collapse. But climate change is now impacting migratory patterns.

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China delivers a barrage of criticism at U.S. climate policies

China delivered a diatribe against U.S. climate policies on Monday, saying that under President Trump, the United States "is widely viewed as a consensus-breaker and a troublemaker."

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The Trump administration is reversing nearly 100 environmental rules. Here’s the full list

The White House has dismantled major climate and environmental policies focused on clean air, water, wildlife and toxic chemicals. Here’s how it adds up.
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Francis Suarez, Buddy Dyer and Jane Castor: Florida’s cities can’t fight climate change alone; we need help from federal and state leaders

Given the annual threat to Florida, our citizens and the economy, we can no longer afford to allow this issue to be fractured across partisan lines. We must work as Floridians for Floridians to keep the beauty of Florida for everyone and forever.

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Poland's largest utility announces pivot from coal to renewables

Poland's largest utility has said it wants to get rid of its coal assets and invest in renewables, becoming carbon neutral by 2050.

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Fewer monsoons may make fighting wildfires harder

Winter rains can temper Arizona's wildfire season, but monsoon rains shut them down. Unfortunately, this monsoon season was the second-driest ever.
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The question that haunts climate advocates

The economics of renewable energy drive the cost and feasibility of climate policy - and they have dramatically shifted for the better. But the Democratic Party still faces the same coalition issues that doomed its effort more than a decade ago.

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Exxon turns to academia to try to discredit Harvard research

In the latest go-round in a continuing dispute, the oil giant's efforts to tear down the work may do the company more harm than good.

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The 4 environmental issues in northwest B.C. every voter should know about

As Coastal GasLink workers prepared for test drilling under the Wedzin Kwa river in northwest B.C. while salmon were spawning last week, Wet'suwet'en land defenders gathered in the area to show their opposition to the controversial pipeline that is planned to transport fracked gas across the province to be shipped to Asia.

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House introduces sweeping legislation to tackle climate change on our coasts

The Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act calls for urgent action on the issues facing our ocean and coasts.
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King tides are flooding East Coast

What once happened only with a storm is now routine on fair-weather days due largely to climate-driven sea-level rise.
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Jordan Thomas: The new line of attack on climate science

Earlier generations failed to base policy on science. Our communities are now dealing with the consequences of that failure.

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Senate 2020: In Mississippi, a surprisingly close race for a Trump-tied promoter of fossil fuels

The deep-red state is dealing with flooding, drought and hurricanes, but neither candidate has made climate change a priority.
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Climate change driving mussel, barnacle, snail declines along Maine coast

In the Gulf of Maine, water temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else on the planet. And, like most everywhere else in the ocean, Maine's waters are also getting more acidic.

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Depths of the Weddell Sea are warming five times faster than elsewhere

Throughout the past 30 years, the depths of the Antarctic Weddell Sea have warmed five times faster than the rest of the ocean at depths exceeding 2,000 metres, according to oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.

www.oceanographicmagazine.com

California's mega-fires have arrived 30 years early

Scientists predicted climate change would fuel the kind of devastating wildfires that California has seen this year. Except it wasn't expected to happen for decades.

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‘No other choice’: Groups push to protect vast swaths of Antarctic seas

A coalition of conservation groups is advocating for the establishment of three new marine protected areas (MPAs) in East Antarctica, the Antarctic Peninsula and the Weddell Sea.

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Trump vs Biden on the environment—here’s where they stand

The two presidential candidates couldn’t be further apart on their actions and plans for the environment.
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ConocoPhillips to buy Concho for $9.7B, creating shale giant

ConocoPhillips agreed to buy Concho Resources for about $9.7 billion in stock, the largest shale industry deal since the collapse in energy demand earlier this year and one that will create a heavyweight driller in America's most prolific oil field.

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Cops focused on mythological "forest jihad" threat

Internal law enforcement documents from BlueLeaks show cops fixating on the specter of environmental attacks by foreign extremists.
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Homeless in LA face heat, wildfires, and COVID-19

Residents without housing in Los Angeles now also have to contend with Covid-19, record heat, and smoke-filled air from wildfires.
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Promise or peril? Importing hydropower to fuel the clean energy transition

U.S. states hope to tap Canada’s network of large dams to meet low-carbon goals, but do better options exist closer to home?
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With nearly 1 million homes at risk, Washington is losing the wildfire fight

Many forests are growing more combustible by the year because of climate change and a century of misguided fire suppression, as well as too little prescribed fire and thinning of forests.

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Deadly bacteria lurk in coastal waters. Climate change increases the risks

Health workers see Vibrio as a rare danger, if they’ve heard of it at all. But it’s already causing more cases of flesh-eating disease. And it’s poised to get worse.
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Marcus C. Mundy: Transportation is a social justice issue

A proposed payroll tax on the Portland ballot invests in Black and Brown communities. But corporations like Nike that say they support racial equity oppose it. 
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Human-driven climate change is changing the colors of fall foliage, scientists say

Introduced pests, pathogens and invasive species are causing immediate changes. Climate change also may shape the forest colors of the future.
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China delivers a barrage of criticism at U.S. climate policies

Beijing blames Trump's 'negative stance' and 'poor track record' for undermining progress on an international climate accord.

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